Russia-Ukraine war

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice - pictured here at a reception of the American Academy in Berlin - has called for "urgency" in sending weapons and financial aid to Ukraine.

Condoleezza Rice calls for 'urgency' in sending weapons and money to Ukraine

4:44pm January 12, 2023

by Mallory Yu

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice thinks the way forward for the war in Ukraine is: more. More weapons and more money to Ukraine's forces trying to kick Russia out of their country.

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Worshipers pray during an Orthodox Christmas mass in a basement shelter in Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, on Jan. 7. As artillery boomed outside and fighter jets flew overhead, Orthodox Christians in a battered eastern Ukraine town held a Christmas service in a basement shelter vowing, not to let war ruin the holiday.

Latest on Ukraine: The Russian Christmas cease-fire that wasn't

11:03am January 09, 2023

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Sgt. Mykhailo (Misha) Varvarych, 28, and his fiance, Iryna (Ira) Botvynska, 19, take part in a therapeutic swimming activity at Moldova pool in Truskavets, Ukraine.

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He lost his legs fighting for Ukraine. But this story is about love through adversity

12:24pm December 31, 2022

by Carol Guzy

Sgt. Mykhailo Varvarych, a commander in Ukraine's 80th Airborne Assault Brigade, lost both legs while fighting in Luhansk. He and his fiancée Iryna Botvynska, maintain an unflinching romance.

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during an expanded meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry Board at the National Defense Control Center in Moscow on Wednesday.

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Russia's economy is still working but sanctions are starting to have an effect

3:02pm December 27, 2022

by Jackie Northam

Despite unprecedented sanctions, Russia's economy is still functioning and it's still attacking Ukraine. That's led to questions about whether the sanctions are effective.

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A girl poses for a photo with a post box where children drop off letters to Grandfather Frost in a metro station in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Dec. 11.

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For their safety, Ukrainian kids send their Christmas wish lists underground

11:38am December 22, 2022

by Joanna Kakissis

A Kharkiv metro station became a bomb shelter as the city came under Russian attack. Now, at the holiday season, it's also a Christmas village where kids can drop off letters to Grandfather Frost.

People shop in a mall decorated with winter and Christmas decorations in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday.

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Latest on Ukraine: Russia's invasion marks 10 months on Christmas Eve

11:02am December 19, 2022

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Aleksander Dokalenko at a shelter for displaced people in Sinelnikovo, Ukraine, in June 2022.

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The Ukraine war isn't new. These intimate photos show 3 families enduring it for years

5:00am December 16, 2022

A photographer and writer follow Ukrainian families whose lives have been upended by conflict since 2014. Their stories show an enduring will to live, even as war rages on around them.

Emergency workers and police examine a building that was hit during a Russian drone strike Wednesday morning in Kyiv. Ukraine says it shot down all 13 drones that targeted the capital. The damage was apparently caused after the drone was hit and came crashing down.

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Ukraine says it shot down Russian drones in pre-dawn attack on Kyiv

8:44am December 14, 2022

by Greg Myre

Ukraine says it shot down 13 Russian drones aimed at the capital and the surrounding region. Two government buildings and several private homes suffered limited damage.

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5:00am December 14, 2022

by Laurel Dalrymple

Can a 4-year-old go out alone? Why did a payphone in China keep ringing? Does stinky sweat have an upside? These are some of our non-pandemic global stories that drew the most readers in 2022.

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Latest on Ukraine: A weekly recap and look ahead at Russia's war (Dec. 12)

11:46am December 12, 2022

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.